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For BBC documentaries and many Hollywood productions these lions were used as an actor or stand in. Certain moves and Close ups seen in many Serengeti/ Masai- Mara documentaries. Reasonable tame lions so quite save for us to enter the cage and did some close/ups also. Fantastic experience of a life time. First time in 2005. I could use the new Sony FX1 in HDV mode. 1440x1080i. Soon we go back for another production at this great *** Protea Hotel near Pretoria. Fortunately I had a small pocket tripod with me. Ideal for low angle shots. Quick set up and pull back. Now specially edited in Vegas8 for Vimeo. After several tests finally got the best settings for our Pal footage into progressive MPEG4.
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  • Daniel Hayek 9 months ago
    Beautiful! One of the most informative and well shot nature clips I've seen in a long while.
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  • LANHO 9 months ago
    Just beautiful!
    And to think that so many people go to Africa to hunt and kill animals like that. Humans....
    Beautiful animals, beautiful images!
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  • Starline Hodge 9 months ago
    This was great! The male didnt seem to happy his mating session was being observed.
  • Steven Wilson 9 months ago
    A universal truth.
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  • John Harding 9 months ago
    Brilliant video.
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  • Speldosa 9 months ago
    I agree with the above speakers. Great video!
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  • Carl F. McKinney 9 months ago
    great video!
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  • Bram Kok 9 months ago
    Fantastische dieren.
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  • jose ramos 9 months ago
    fantastic
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  • rickO 9 months ago
    very cool
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  • Lyall Furphy 9 months ago
    Fascinating.
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  • Carballada 9 months ago
    You say "Now edited in Vegas8 for Vimeo".
    Whats that?
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  • KD 9 months ago
    What a beaut! God's awesome, eh?
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  • Dukeswharf 8 months ago
    Beautiful.

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    Peace & Love
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  • I Say 8 months ago
    Nice videp!

    "The Gods must be Crazy" one of my favourite movies from the 80's.
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  • Amenon 8 months ago
    Fantastic and fascinating stuff - thank you Jan.

    I enjoyed "The Gods must be Crazy" back in the day when too.

    If you are based in SA it would be great to see footage of some of the good sides of the country.
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  • Paul 7 months ago
    Quite an interesting adventure! Thanks for sharing.

    Note to self: Don't interrupt mating lion.
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  • Murilo 6 months ago
    I loved...
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  • Chu-Hi 5 months ago
    Wonderfully documented!
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  • *misslieze 4 months ago
    I absolutely love it! Added to the channel! :) Those lions are so awsome! I'd love to play with them for a day. :D
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  • S Meijer 4 months ago
    mooi hoor. Wel apart dat ze zo tam zijn. Het is echt een grote kat.
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  • Nathan Sage 4 months ago
    Great short documentary. I don't think I'd have the guts to get up this close to these lions, tame or wild, so my hat's off to you for doing so! Thanks for a great insightful look at the lives of these lions.
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  • walt 4 months ago
    lions ftw!
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  • Mike Lewis 3 months ago
    Great short indeed I enjoy it
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  • rick fiduccia 3 months ago
    Greetings Jan - wonderful story, had to watch it twice! Not sure I would have gone in the cage. Excellent camera work with the lions.
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  • Brian Boudreau 3 months ago
    Really great shots.. Tame or not I wouldnt of gone in there. great documentary
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  • Dan Huston 3 months ago
    Incredible!! I learned so much in just 5 mins.......
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  • Thee MC 3 months ago
    Awesome documentary!
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  • Black Widow 3 months ago
    Nice lions!
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  • Michael Yokota 3 months ago
    The VO provided by the warden really pulled the short together. Great stuff !
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  • Joey Neigh 3 months ago
    Excellent video!! I love using Vegas, but I got to admit...I can't wait to get my Mac for Final Cut Pro!

    Beautiful creatures...very majestic. Love the Biblical names you gave the 3 cubs! I also like the background music...it reminds me of a "Really Nice Day," oh wait, you got that from Sony Cinescore! ;) Good video!
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  • Giul Viera & Fabia Oliveira 1 month ago
    very nice :)
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  • Nabil Kazerouni 1 month ago
    You met a celebrity!
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  • Philip Cotsford 13 days ago
    Jan - you're a genius.
    I feel like just sifting through your videos, I can experience a world I've never seen before.

    Thanks for all your hard work!
    And thanks for consistently being kind enough to share it with us.
  • Jan van der Meer 13 days ago
    Thank you for this warmhaerted comment, love to join you on your round the world tour! Our Global-DVC thoughts are still missing some trips. Shall we start a Vimeo World Tour? May be more Vimians like to share and visit (interview) one Vimeo contact in all different parts of the world? All costs we try to get back by local barters. (This is how we spent our winter in SA summers!) Serious talks this is!
  • Philip Cotsford 13 days ago
    Sounds great!
    That's a really good idea - to interview other Vimians. I'll have to think about that!
    Have you interviewed other Vimians before?

    I'm involved with another community called Couchsurfing.com too. Do you know it?
    Maybe we can all couchsurf around the world and interview each other along the way?? :P
  • Jan van der Meer 12 days ago
    Eh ahum we just prefer luxury appartments/hotels with free quality food! :-)
  • Philip Cotsford 12 days ago
    Haha - sounds even nicer!
    Guess I need to make a few more lion videos before I can do it that way. :P
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  • Jan van der Meer 12 days ago
    This clip now played by #49.950 Vimeo Visitors who is number 50.000?. So happy with all your comments. With even more pleasure I promised myself to produce another Vimeoclip every week so much material still have to edit! Need another 6 lifes!
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  • rudewolf89 2 days ago
    awesome.
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  • Ahmed Eid 1 day ago
    wow...super interesting
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